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Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (45 minutes northeast of Saint Louis): located in the Senegal River Delta (near the Senegal border with Mauritania), the Djoudj Sanctuary is a 16,000-hectare wetland, consisting of a large lake surrounded by streams, ponds and backwaters. It forms a vibrant but fragile sanctuary for approximately 1.5 million birds, such as the white pelican, the purple heron, the African spatula, the great egret and the cormorant. There are also wild boars, pythons, crocodiles, giant lizards and other wetlands. Djoudj was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981.